Talk:Thunder Force VI/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 14:00, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Am going to review this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020. MWright96 (talk) 14:00, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• "and avoiding collision with them and their projectiles" - and avoiding collisions
• "and was cancelled after Technosoft" - maybe and the game was or production was for clarity
• "The game was intended to be the first under the "Project STG"" - clarify if possible what Project STG is
• "and for being most consisting of "recycled" stages " - for mostly

Gameplay

• "by destroying incoming enemies and avoiding collision with them and their projectiles." - the text in bold can be changed to say avoiding a collision or avoiding collisions
• "both of which had different weapon loadouts and playstyles." - should the word in bold be changed to have?
• "through the game and completing specific objectives.[2][1]" - refs in numerical order please
• "unlike earlier games in the series, the player starts the game with all of them" - repetition of the word "game"
• "without the need to collect them while progressing through stages." - needing to collect them

Development

• "Aside from an early test video showing an early intro sequence" - introduction
• "it was indefinitely shelved during early production stages" - during the early stages of production
• "gathering several designers from Taito and Konami to assist in production.[8][7]" - refs should be placed in numerical order please
• "Ogawa and the development team had to pay close attention to the game's budget to prevent it from becoming too big." - large
• "under the "Project STG"," - please state briefly what "Project STG" is
• "Twenty-One quietly updated their official website announcing their intentions to revive the series with Sega, and announced the game's release." - am certain this sentence can be reworded to remove repetition of the word "announced/ing"

Reception

• "Fans of the series were particularly negative towards the game for failing to live up to prior Thunder Force games and for greatly lacking in both innovation and originality." - repetition of the word "game" in the same sentence
• "but disliked the textures themselves for being ugly" - try using another word other than ugly
• "MeriStation liked the game's weapon variety," - better; the variety of weapons within the game
• "Nintendo Life was critical of the game's short length and lack of unique ideas, disliking that the game simply reused ideas from other games" - same issue as the first in this section
• "specifically criticizing the game simply lifting entire stage ideas" - for simply

References

• Reference 6 should not have the title as archived copy and it is missing the date it was published and the author who wrote the article
• Reference 10 should have its author field made consistent with other references in this article

I shall put the review on hold to allow the nominator to addresss/respond to the queries raised above. MWright96 (talk) 15:57, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@MWright96:: Addressed all issues. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 17:26, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@Namcokid47: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 18:53, 5 April 2020 (UTC)